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  • Which oil is imported by Egypt?
  • It is clear that palm oil is the major oil imported by Egypt whereby it represents about 60% of total imported oils in 2018 while the quantity imported from corn oil is the least being about 3% in the same year. Palm oil is imported from Indonesia and Malaysia after being refined, bleached and deodorized (RBD).
  • How many palm trees are produced in Egypt?
  • Egypt annually produces about 1.8 million tons, equivalent to 19 % of global production, and 24 % of Arab production. The number of palm trees in Egypt exceeds 16 million, in addition to recent projects, in light of the political leadership’s interest in this promising sector.
  • How many factories and packing stations are operating in date palm industry?
  • 142 factories and packing stations are operating in the field of manufacturing and packing dates. Mr. Ezz El-Din Jadallah Hussein, Director of the Central Palm Research Laboratory, MoALR, highlighted the importance of the OCOP initiative and stressed the huge potential of the date palm sector.
  • Where does palm oil come from?
  • Palm oil is imported from Indonesia and Malaysia after being refined, bleached and deodorized (RBD). The amount of palm oil imported from Indonesia represents 96% of total imported palm oil.
  • How has the production of cottonseed oil changed in Egypt?
  • According to that Figure, it is quite clear that the production of cottonseed oil in Egypt has been decreased greatly over the years from 1969 whereby it was 125 thousand tons oil in 1969 to 10 thousand tons only in 2019. 2.
  • How much oil does Egypt eat a year?
  • Currently, Egypt consumes about 2.5 million tons of edible oils annually. Only, about 48.5 thousand tons of this quantity is produced by oilseed extraction in local extraction plants. About half of this quantity is produced mainly from cottonseed produced as a byproduct of cotton ginning industry.